I use Wikipedia to check dates and names. It's not much good for serious research. Someone once said the less controversial the subject, the more accurate Wikipedia is and that's about right.
What I think it's most interesting for is to see the Wiki cultural views. Entries about Beatles songs, which I was writing about yesterday, often include detailed structural analysis. Stardust, Mood Indigo and I Got Rhythm, on the other hand, receive none.
The other thing is the Rolling Stone list of the best X ever. If a song, artist or group made it onto these more or less arbitrary lists, Wikipedia will cite this information as if it was incredibly important.
Someone should cache all this stuff, future generations will roll around kicking the floor in hysterics when they see the pretentious tripe that was on Wikipedia.
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